[Bug 604568] Re: The various *-www-browser alternatives should be linked

[David A. Cobb]

See also comments on Bug #794720: Xfwm4 fails to respect preferred
applications.

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Title:
  The various *-www-browser alternatives should be linked

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: dpkg

  I just installed chromium-browser on my Lucid Ubuntu system. It set
  the gnome-www-browser alternative to "chromium-browser". Fine, except
  that x-www-browser is still set to Firefox. So for some uses I'll get
  one browser, and for others another.

  I imagine this problem also occurs on other mixes, e.g. Kubuntu
  systems for kde-www-browser.

  I suggest that by default the alternatives should be chained. So,
  gnome-www-browser should by default be set to x-www-browser, which
  should itself on a default install be set to firefox. If a user
  installs chromium-browser, this should set x-www-browser (ONLY) which
  will then chain through to gnome-www-browser. Installing epiphany-
  browser might reasonably only change gnome-www-browser, so that
  Epiphany would not come up as the default KDE browser. This would then
  break the link, but deinstalling Epiphany should restore it.

  Arguably, the gnome-www-browser should be removed, because in fact it
  is overridden for most users anyway by their "Preferred Applications"
  setting. Having two different ways to set the preferred GNOME browser
  is confusing and redundant. Alternatively, remove the "Preferred
  Applications" applet, or replace it with a GUI to the alternatives
  system. This really needs per-user alternatives, though, which is a
  whole other question.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: dpkg 1.15.5.6ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Jul 12 12:34:27 2010
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: dpkg

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